Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
| Directing | John Sayles | Director |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sonya Polonsky | Editor |
| Sound | Mason Daring | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Flynt | Costume Designer |
| Art | Dan Bishop | Art Direction |
| Art | Nora Chavooshian | Production Design |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Maggie Renzi | Producer |
| Production | Amir Jacob Malin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Balsam | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jerry Silva | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ira Deutchman | Associate Producer |
| Production | James Glenn Dudelson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ned Kandel | Associate Producer |
| Production | Barbara Shapiro | Casting |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Production Manager |
| Production | Sarah Green | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Matia Karrell | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Benita Allen | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Barbara-Ann Stein | Casting Consultant |
| Art | Leslie A. Pope | Set Decoration |
| Art | Anamarie Michnevich | Set Decoration |
| Art | Leigh Kyle | Lead Set Dresser |
| Art | Nancy Gilmore | Set Dresser |
| Art | Daniel Boxer | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Art | Leigh Johnson | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Ann Edgeworth | Property Master |
| Art | Jem Cohen | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Roland Brooks | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Pat McClinch | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Joel Ossenfort | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Anthony Dunne | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Bill Lehne | Leadman |
| Art | Ken Nelson | Leadman |
| Art | Brent Haywood | Leadman |
| Crew | John Robinson | Carpenter |
| Writing | John Sayles | Writer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Unit Manager |
| Production | Paul Marcus | Location Manager |
| Production | Bob Bailey | Location Assistant |
| Camera | Stefan Czapsky | Key Grip |
| Camera | Arthur Blum | Grip |
| Camera | Robert K. Feldmann | Grip |
| Camera | Lee Shapira | Grip |
| Camera | Claiborne Lashley | Assistant Grip |
| Camera | Luke Latino | Assistant Grip |
| Camera | Sean Garrett Fogel | Assistant Grip |
| Camera | Erica Gelczis | Assistant Grip |
| Lighting | Morris Flam | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Lynn Breschel | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Robert Bruce | Electrician |
| Lighting | Louisa Heyward | Electrician |
| Camera | Mitch Dubin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | P. Scott Sakamoto | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Debbie Sarjeant | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Steve Apicella | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Bob Marshak | Still Photographer |
| Sound | John Sutton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lisa Schnall | Boom Operator |
| Directing | John Tintori | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Halsey | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Sarzotti | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Lyall | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heidi Shulman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lorna Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Additional Casting |
| Production | Eve Battaglia | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Pam Flam | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Julie Hutchinson | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Robert Grindrod | Casting Associate |
| Editing | Geraldine Peroni | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | David Leonard | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Sound | Philip Stockton | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marissa Littlefield | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Pross | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Christopher Weir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Cilista Eberle | Production Office Coordinator |
| Production | Pat McCarthy | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Edgard Mourino | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| Crew | Len DeVirgilio | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Kunz | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Shirley Belwood | Special Effects |
| Crew | Russell Berg | Special Effects |
| Crew | Todd Wolfeil | Special Effects |
| Camera | Newton Thomas Sigel | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul Marcus | Second Unit Location Manager |
| Camera | Claudia Bailey | Additional Camera |
| Crew | Roscoe Thomas | Driver |
| Crew | Sonny Adkins | Driver |
| Crew | Mark Moore | Driver |
| Crew | Sandy Cox | Craft Service |
| Art | Howard J. Calvert Jr. | Art Department Manager |
| Art | Jeff Butcher | Art Department Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel Fisher | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill McKinney | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Smith | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nelle Stokes | Set Dressing Production Assistant |
| Production | Chris Gibbin | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Archie Lambert | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Nancy Kim Parsons | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Almer Shuttle | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Beth Bernstein | Production Assistant |
| Production | Libby Bika | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Kevin Ball | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Rachel Bower | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Buddy Brewer | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Will Chapman | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Ralph Renzi | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Brian Wenk | Set Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Campbell | Wardrobe Intern |
| Costume & Make-Up | Connie Lucas | Wardrobe Intern |
| Costume & Make-Up | Holly Scarborough | Wardrobe Intern |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincent Gratzer | Wardrobe Intern |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Gustke | Wardrobe Intern |
| Crew | Sara Malossini | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Davide Ferrario | Dialogue Coach |
| Production | Gary Rosenblatt | Publicist |
| Crew | David Hollander | Legal Services |
| Crew | John Sloss | Legal Services |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | James Dean | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Crew | Gregory Jacobs | Set Production Assistant |
